Meanings

pollution problem or issue

cross-examination

a question from the emperor

leading question

written inquiry

general interpellation (in the Diet)

visitor

door-to-door selling

wholesale rice dealer

answering one's own question

population problem

establishing the identity of a defendant

establishing the identity of a witness

race issue

rhetorical question

question of degree

rack (torture device)

issues pertaining to a nation's script (e.g. standardization of kanji in Japanese)

international problem

wholesaler